Poll of the Day > You don't fuck around with the 1869 $500 bill...

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argonautweakend 08/31/19 12:27:15 AM #1:	https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/rainbow-bill-auction-659.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&strip=all Okay I don't know what a fine of 5,000 really meant in 1869, but even today that could damage somebody easily. Thats around 2.5 years of Henry Ford's "$5 a day" like 40 years later. Or you get hard labor or 15 years time. Don't fuck with it. This bill has the added security feature of making the person counterfeiting the bill go over and come to terms with his punishments to make damn sure he knows its worth the risk. <cite>argonautweakend posted [p:926765855] in You don't ... [t:77976437]...</cite> <quote>https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/rainbow-bill-auction-659.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&strip=all Okay I don't know what a fine of 5,000 really meant in 1869, but even today that could damage somebody easily. Thats around 2.5 years of Henry Ford's "$5 a day" like 40 years later. Or you get hard labor or 15 years time. Don't fuck with it. This bill has the added security feature of making the person counterfeiting the bill go over and come to terms with his punishments to make damn sure he knows its worth the risk.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 08/31/19 12:34:21 AM #2:	I just sort of read "quality" and "strip" in that URL, and now I'm just imagining a really high-end gentleman's club where you tip the dancers with $500s. argonautweakend posted... Okay I don't know what a fine of 5,000 really meant in 1869 Based on my vague knowledge of Old West exchange rates, it's something like $120k. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:926766039] in You don't ... [t:77976437]...</cite> <quote>I just sort of read "quality" and "strip" in that URL, and now I'm just imagining a really high-end gentleman's club where you tip the dancers with $500s. argonautweakend posted...</cite> <quote>Okay I don't know what a fine of 5,000 really meant in 1869</quote> Based on my vague knowledge of Old West exchange rates, it's something like $120k.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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